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There Are Now 10 Million New gTLD Domain Names

Elliot Silver
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10 Million New gTLD Domain Names

According to nTLDStats.com, there are now over 10 million new gTLD domain names registered. The current total noted by the new gTLD tracking website is actually 10,096,774.

Just a couple of weeks ago, the 9 million registration mark was hit, and it seems like the registration number is gaining speed. I would primarily attribute this to a combination of factors including  purchases  (perhaps speculation) from China-based domain name registrants, low registration  prices, and the announcement of Alphabet by Google and its usage of a new gTLD domain name, ABC.XYZ for its website.

As of this morning, the 5 new gTLD extensions with the most registrations are:

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4 Number .Club Domain Names Registered

Elliot Silver
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Colin Campbell, Chairman and founder of the .Club registry, posted a tweet to let people know that “[s]omeone is snapping up all .CLUB 4 number names this morning.” I did a few Whois searches, and the domain names I looked up were all registered. It appears that many of these domain names have Chinese registrants.

I followed up to Colin’s tweet by asking him if all of the 4 number .Club domain names are now currently registered, and he

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New gTLD Registrations Pass 9 Million Mark

Elliot Silver
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As you can see from the tweet above posted by Akram Atallah, there are now more than 9 million new gTLD domain names that have been registered. There are nearly 800 new gTLD domain name strings that have been delegated.

According to nTLDStats.com, as of this morning, there are 9,027,478 registered domain names. The five new gTLD extensions that have the most registered domain names are .XYZ, .Top, .Wang, .网址 (xn--ses554g), and .Science.

Perhaps interestingly,

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.Club Registry Reports “Record Month”

Elliot Silver
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.Club domain names are one of the best selling new gTLD extensions. The registry is currently the 6th best selling new gTLD extension, with over 300,000 domain names sold, according to nTLDStats.com. The Registry is reporting that its aftermarket sales are also selling well.

Yesterday, the .Club Registry published a blog post announcing that October was a “record month” in terms of the value of domain names it sold in the aftermarket. According to the .Club Registry, the “(t)otal premium name sales for October, including SnapNames sales and auctions, came to a record $125,372.25. In addition, the registry reported “(a)s of October 31, 2015, total cumulative sales of registry reserved premium .CLUB names came to $1,268,199.27.” I don’t know if this number includes payment plans (future revenue) or realized revenue from completed sales.

I think these are

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Paul Vixie on New gTLDs: “They Are All Commercial Failures”

Elliot Silver
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ZDNet published an article with commentary from Dr. Paul Vixie, who offers a pretty scathing assessment of the new gTLD program. According to Paul Vixie’s Wikipedia page, Dr. Vixie is described as “an American Internet pioneer.” ZDNet described Dr. Vixie as “a pioneer of the internet’s domain name system (DNS).” Currently, Dr. Vixie is CEO of a company called Farsight Security.

Below is an excerpt from the article with comments from Mr. Vixie. I think it’s worth reading the article in its entirety when you have an opportunity.

“I think it is a money grab. My own view is that ICANN functions as a regulator, and that as a regulator it has been captured by the industry that they are regulating. I think that there was no end-user demand whatsoever for more so-called DNS extensions, [or] global generic top-level domains (gTLDs),” he said.

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.Miami Domains Banner at Dolphins Game Part of Larger Effort

Elliot Silver
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.Miami Domain names at GoDaddy

GoDaddy and the .Miami domain registry have been teaming up to market .Miami domain names using a variety of channels. One attention grabbing tactic was seen by thousands who attended the Miami Dolphins NFL game this past Sunday.

As you can see from the photos above and below, a small airplane flew around Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida with a banner advertising .Miami domain names available at GoDaddy for “40% off.” The banner was part of a larger marketing effort being undertaken by Minds & Machines, the operators of the .Miami domain extension, and GoDaddy.

Since .Miami launched

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